First presented as the Sutoriga concept at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show, the Subaru Forester is a crossover manufactred by the Japanese brand since 1997.

Up to its third generation the Forester shared its platform with the Impreza and currently features a hybrid platform of the Japanese Impreza wagon and the rear platform of the U.S.-spec Impreza sedan.

The Forester was conceived and developed with four-wheel drive (AWD) as standard equipment.

“Subaru” is the Japanese name of the star cluster known as Pleiades in English. It also means something like “unite”, “join together” or even “to govern”. Thus, Subaru was the first Japanese car brand to actually be named after a Japanese word.

In 1954, the company introduced its first automobile, the Subaru 1500. In time, Subaru became par... more